Author: William H Rogers
Date: 10:21:26 02/06/04
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On February 06, 2004 at 13:15:16, Russell Reagan wrote:
>On February 06, 2004 at 12:19:47, Michael Yee wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I searched the web, but had no luck finding a description of this technique.
>>Would anyone mind giving a quick explanation?
>
>I've heard mailbox used for two slightly different approaches. One is the way
>TSCP does its 'mailbox' thing, and the other is just using border squares around
>the edge of the board, like this:
>
>int board[144] = {
> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
> 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0,
> 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0,
> 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0,
> 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0,
> 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0,
> 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0,
> 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0,
> 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0,
> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
>};
>
>Then if (board[i] == 0), you ran off the board. Maybe this is equivalent to what
>TSCP does. I haven't looked that closely.
Mail box show where a piece can move, ie. a bishop, rook, etc.
What you posted about is just the basic chess board layout used for most games,
however the extreme left hand and right hand lines of zeros are not needed.
Bill
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